The Cuban civic platform Archipiélago published this Friday a “declaration of permanence” signed by its coordinators as a result of the resign in the last days of several of its members.
“It is difficult to reinvent ourselves every day in the midst of government hostility and the anguish of a sick society; to agree on the diverse voices of those who have decided to inhabit this project and maintain plurality and democracy at all costs”, exposes on his social networks the collective, organizer of the Civic March for Change of November 15 (15N) and that finally could not be carried out due to the repression of the Cuban government.
The activists insist on pointing out that they remain committed to “fighting together to achieve a Cuba with rights for all people.” “No one said it would be easy or that we would achieve our goals in a short time; no one has promised paradise.”
In its call for unity, the platform claimed that the future of the Island “cannot be left in the hands of one group, once again, but that we will have to build it among all and for all, without exclusions or privileges”, therefore they make it clear that “freedom will not be achieved by an individual or a group, but by the participation of a citizenry aware that change is in their hands.”
“I know that one day this Revolution of Affections will triumph, it will overcome the political mistakes we make”
When sharing the Declaration, the group included the opinion of several coordinators, as is the case of the Holguin writer Zulema Gutiérrez, who called on the group to continue working: “Let’s not give pleasure to those who want to divide us. There are still prisoners, there is one Bloody Cuba, hungry people, people who do not know they have the right to have rights. We are going to get up. ” In addition, he requested that “this be the last day of truce and internal pain because there is a lot of pain in all of Cuba, and we must continue.”
Miryorly García Prieto, editor and also member of the 27N group, called for unity among her colleagues and was hopeful: “I know that one day this Revolution of Affections will triumph, it will overcome the political mistakes that we make , because we will not be so good in politics, perhaps, but solidarity and truth accompany us, and that will be enough. “
“If before I had millions of reasons to risk everything for Cuba, now more,” said playwright Yunior García Aguilera, one of the most prominent promoters of the Archipelago, today in Madrid, who made it clear that “whatever they say” , he stays on the platform he calls his “Parliament of frank and diverse voices.”
“If before he had millions of reasons to risk everything for Cuba, now more,” said playwright Yunior García Aguilera.
“New dynamics are coming in this process of transformation and reconstruction,” said Yahíma Díaz, a psychologist by profession and resident of Pinar del Río, adding that the group tries “to re-signify our history with a whole host of thoughts, feelings. and, above all, that hope that makes us feel alive “.
The Holguin doctor Manuel Guerra, another of the coordinators and who along with many of his colleagues has suffered harassment and repression by the regime after announcing the 15N march, pointed out that they have two options: “Daunt us and hope for a miracle, or take the bull by the horns and not yield a millimeter until we achieve our objectives, until we see our majestic Archipelago free, sovereign, prosperous and radiant. “
Behind the departure to Spain de García Aguilera, several members of the platform announced that they are leaving the organization. Among the most recent are Saily González, who was one of the most prominent coordinators, and the opposition Magdiel Jorge Castro.
When announcing his decision, González pointed out that he was departing from the most important undertaking that he contributed in his life, “the human group that has been and is the most fraternal to me”, and as justification he said that his world “walks at 48 frames per second and logic makes Archipelago walk at 24 “.
The lawyer Fernando Almeyda also ceased to belong to the group, activist Daniela Rojo and Professor Leonardo Fernández Otaño, who confessed, like Almeyda, not to share “a group of political actions carried out by Yunior García Aguilera since his departure from Cuba.”
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